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      **Overview:**  This program provides funding for highway-rail or pathway-rail grade crossing improvement projects that focus on improving the safety and mobility of people and goods. See the FY 2022 Notice of Funding Opportunity for more information.

Visit FRA's Webinars webpage to view the following presentation materials:

	July 14, 2022 - Railroad Crossing Elimination (RCE) Grant Program Notice of Funding Opportunity Webinar
		August 11, 2022 - RCE Grant Program NOFO Office Hours: Best Practices – Project Narrative
		August 18, 2022 - RCE Grant Program NOFO Office Hours: Best Practices – Project and Applicant Eligibility
		August 25, 2022 - RCE Grant Program NOFO Office Hours: Best Practices – Statement of work
		September 1, 2022 - RCE Grant Program NOFO Office Hours: Best Practices – National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and environmental considerations
		September 8, 2022 - RCE Grant Program NOFO Office Hours: Best Practices – NOFO "nuts and bolts" (e.g., Grants.gov, SAM registration, and other required elements)**Legislative Authority:** This program was authorized in Section 22305 of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. 49 U.S.C. § 22909. Funding under the FY 2022 NOFO was made available by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, 2021 (Pub. L. No. 116-260, November 15, 2021).

**Funding Available for Award Under FY 2022 NOFO:** $573,264,000

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FY22 RCE Recipients
	FY22 RCE List of Applicants**Eligible Projects:**

Grade separation or closure, including through the use of a bridge, embankment, tunnel, or combination thereof;
	Track relocation;
	Improvement or installation of protective devices, signals, signs, or other;
	Measures  to improve safety related to a separation, closure, or track relocation project;
	Other means to improve the safety if related to the mobility of people and goods at highway-rail grade crossings (including technological solutions);
	The planning, environmental review, and design of an eligible project type.**Eligible Recipients:**

States, including the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and other United States territories and possessions;
	Political subdivision of a state;
	Federally recognized Indian Tribe;
	A unit of local government or a group of local governments;
	A public port authority;
	A metropolitan planning organization;
	A group of the entities described above.**Resources:**

FRA Answers to Frequently Asked Questions about Pre-Award Authority**News:**

June 5, 2023 Press Release
	June 30, 2022 Press Release

      
       
      

    
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